Cpt.Fred Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 (edited) possible or not? i never got the motor to work, what can i do to check if its really broken or maybe one of those vacuum tubes is too old or i don't know... any tips what i might try first? i had a guy on ebay selling one, emailed him if he could send it over to germany, guy said "sure", next day i tried to get it but what do you know? i wasn't allowed to bid on it from over here! it went for 20$, can you believe it? Edited July 10, 2009 by Cpt.Fred Quote
Young Ed Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 You can try hooking it up to another source of vacuum like another car, a pump, a new tube in your same car etc. Also try squirting some oil into it to help relube it. If neither of those help its rebuild time. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Do they have places in Germany that rebuild old wiper motors.?? Quote
Niel Hoback Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Capt. Fred, older Trabbis have 6 volt electric wiper motors. Maybe we should be looking into them. A little mickey mousing might be the answer. Quote
TodFitch Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Capt. Fred, older Trabbis have 6 volt electric wiper motors. Maybe we should be looking into them. A little mickey mousing might be the answer. Pre-1966 VW Beetles had 6v electrical systems too. I doubt that the negative ground on the VW would be a problem when mounted in a positive ground car as I am sure those old DC motors had field circuits and not permanent magnets. I'm guessing that an old VW would be fairly easy to come by in Germany. Quote
Young Ed Posted July 10, 2009 Report Posted July 10, 2009 Great pics of the little screws I was trying to identify and find a proper tool for. Quote
Young Ed Posted July 10, 2009 Report Posted July 10, 2009 I've got about 5 hours of research into those little screws and haven't come close. Closest I have come is a socket that shape but about 3 times as big. When I looked it up on snapons site its a specialty tool just listed as a shock socket. So not even helpful on the name of that type of screw. I have decided that once upon a time trico probably had those tools but no one else did. Or very few. So I will resort to pliers and probably replace them all with something a little more standard for reassembly. Quote
TodFitch Posted July 10, 2009 Report Posted July 10, 2009 I think if you get a soft rod, or grade 2 bolt you can just slot the end and with a dremmel and be in business. I was thinking about taking a worn out cheap (Harbor Freight) grade screw driver, cutting off the blade and then drilling out an appropriate recess. The metal in those cheap screwdrivers is pretty soft so it shouldn't be too hard to do. And then you have a tool with a nice handle on it. Quote
Cpt.Fred Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Posted July 10, 2009 ok, thanks for the link! just wanted to know if it's possible or not. i'll just rip it out thereafter i put my dash together again, open it and lubricate it. i want to avoid putting more electric stuff into the car, because i think it would maybe be to much for the old generator, and i want to stay 6V. veedub 6V parts may be available, but first i don't think there's more parts here than in the US, and second i am quite sure they're much more expensive here. everything is... trabbi is a great idea, though! russian stuff is as well. a friend of mine has a heavily modified, chopped and lowered GAZ from 1950, and most of the stuff inside is dodge or very similar! it has a flat-6 tank engine and a 3 on the tree, just like mine. Quote
radioguy7 Posted July 10, 2009 Report Posted July 10, 2009 A shot of W-D40 works wonders just before you are going to drive in the rain. Now lets wait for the WD-40 police to tell us all NEVER to use it under ANY CIRCUMSTANCE!!!! Quote
Don Coatney Posted July 11, 2009 Report Posted July 11, 2009 A shot of W-D40 works wonders just before you are going to drive in the rain.Now lets wait for the WD-40 police to tell us all NEVER to use it under ANY CIRCUMSTANCE!!!! Do you squirt it on the windshield? Quote
radioguy7 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Posted July 11, 2009 Do you squirt it on the windshield? In the wiper motor Don, not on the windshield. Have another drink Quote
Harvey Tank Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 please don't use WD 40. after a while it turns to gum, then you are really in trouble Quote
radioguy7 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 please don't use WD 40. after a while it turns to gum, then you are really in trouble We have a winner!! knew it would only take a day or so for the warning LOL Quote
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